Announcements: Barbara Freed reminded everyone of the pot luck supper
Wednesday, 25 May, at the Freed’s home (33 Echo Hill, Amherst). She will
send directions and a reminder.

Thank you letters for grants were received from two organizations—the Family Center and the Center for New Americans.

Jim Scott introduced David Little, director and chief curator of the
Mead Art Museum at Amherst College. David likened his first nine months
to a whirlwind with a record 22,000 visitors in the past year, 1500
students using the print study room, and visits from 150 classes. He is
very interested in making the resources of the Museum available to
students. The Museum has 19,000 objects and only 4,600 square feet of
exhibition space. He spoke about his experience in other museums and his
interests in collaborative artists’ groups. Millions of visitors enter
museums every year (Louvre--8,000,000, Tate Modern--5,000,000;
Metropolitan--3,000,000) and a great deal of attention is paid to the
visitor experience with enhanced access to collections, better
restaurants, and technological interfaces.

At the Mead, we will see more frequent rotations in the galleries, more
contemporary art, larger displays of non-European art, and works of art
from other institutions. There is a great deal happening and David
invited us to visit often.